Combined potato-scoop and riddle



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY PEGGS, OF WINDHAM, OHIO..

COMBINED POTATO-SCOOP AND RIDDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,395, dated January 1, 18E4.

Application filed October 20,1883. (No model.)

Be it knownthat l, HENRY PEGGS, ofWindham, in the county of Portageand State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Combined PotatoScoop and Riddle, of which the following is full, clear, and exact descrip- I tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved potato-scoop, which can also be usedas a riddle to separate the p0ta toes from dirt, leaves, &c. p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved combined-potato scoop and riddle. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the back cross-piece, showing the same provided with a socket.

A bar, A, is provided at the ends with slightlycurved rectangularly-proj ecting arms a B, and at its middle it is provided with a prong,

G, or with a handle-socket, 0, projecting in the inverse direction of the arms B. The bar A and the arms B are made of malleable iron if provided with the socket G, and of wroughtiron if provided with a prong, G. A U-shaped frame, D, having a curved steel cross-piece,

D, has the ends of its prongs riveted to the ends of the arms B. Curved metal rods or bars G extend from the barA to the crossbar Dof theframe D, and are welded flat on the latter, the rear ends of the curved bars Cipassing into apertures in the bar A. Two standards, E, projecting upward from the bar A, are secured on the said bar by rivets, or welded to the bar, or secured in any other suitable manner. The said standards are provided at their upper ends with eyes E, through which the crossbar of a U-shaped frame, F, passes,

the ends of the prongs of which are riveted to the middle of the shanks of the frame D. The frame F increases the height of the scoop at the sides and rear end, thus adapting the scoop to hold a much greater quantity of potatoes. The potatoes are scooped in the usual manner, the potatoes remaining on the scoop,

and the leaves, dirt, &c., dropping down between the bars G. The scoop does not crush or injure the potatoes.

The special advantages of my improved scoop are, first, the separable arrangement of the parts most liable to wear, as the frame D, permitting its removal, together with the rods G, when worn out, and the substitution of a new frame and rods, making practically a new scoop at small expense; and, second, the separable construction permits the use of iron or steel in any part, to accommodate the uses and desired value of the scoop, which may be made light or heavy for use in vegetables, grain, metals, or other substances.

I am aware that it is not new to make a vegetable-scoop of a shanked rim, a rear railing attached thereto on top, and longitudinal rods attached at their ends to theund er side of the rim; but

What I do claim as new and of my invention 1s- A riddle-scoop having its body formed of two U shaped frames, with prong ends riveted together, and opposite cross-bars connected 

